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speaker boehner, though, after the meeting ended came out to the cameras right outside the west wing and appeared very frustrated. take a listen. >> the president reiterated, one more time, tonight, that he will not negotiate. we've got divided government. democrats control the white house and the senate. republicans control the house. we've sent four different proposals over to our democrat colleagues in the senate. they rejected all of them. we've asked them to conference, to sit down and try to resolve our dips. they don't want to -- they will not negotiate. >> reporter: well, the will mott negotiate is about the issue of health care, not opening up the government, not the debts ceiling. this is all about health care. that's what house republicans want to negotiate on. we heard from nancy pelosi and harry reid, they followed speaker boehner out there, and essentially reiterated that yes, that is right. they're not going to negotiate on any of those points. so brian, day three of the government shut down begins tomorrow, because the house and senate are officially have gone home fo
speaker boehner, though, after the meeting ended came out to the cameras right outside the west wing and appeared very frustrated. take a listen. >> the president reiterated, one more time, tonight, that he will not negotiate. we've got divided government. democrats control the white house and the senate. republicans control the house. we've sent four different proposals over to our democrat colleagues in the senate. they rejected all of them. we've asked them to conference, to sit down...
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party folks, among the hard right, and also that just folks in the house would sort of move to the boehner philosophy, which is a governing philosophy. the sort of -- chris: in other words, you don't need a majority of the republicans to rule. >> you break the rule, which is what he's done on these big-ticket items. they have been meeting over these last couple of days to figure out wait forward. i think the president was smart to step into these debates early and often and frame them in ways that americans can understand. and you have house republicans trying to play catch-up. chris: let me go back on this question four years ago. remember when lincoln came into office they were already plotting against him. he had to come in through baltimore and hide at the willard. this president had to come in against mitch mcconnell, the republican leader, saying my number-one goal in life is to get rid of this president. >> and he failed. so i think it's different in some ways and not different in others. i think we are still going to see a very large portion of the republican caucus that believes d
party folks, among the hard right, and also that just folks in the house would sort of move to the boehner philosophy, which is a governing philosophy. the sort of -- chris: in other words, you don't need a majority of the republicans to rule. >> you break the rule, which is what he's done on these big-ticket items. they have been meeting over these last couple of days to figure out wait forward. i think the president was smart to step into these debates early and often and frame them in...
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. >>> you don't see this every day, speaker of the house, john boehner, plans to sue the white house accusing the president of going around the law by using executive orders. boehner said the house will vote next month to authorize something called the bipartisan legal advisory group, majority-controlled by republicans to file the suit. he didn't specify which executive orders the lawsuit will focus on directly. >>> and reverberating from the beltway and far beyond, the the cliffhanger we witnessed last night in mississippi. a veteran gop senator facing the challenge of his career against a fired up-tea party-backed candidate. and the most closely watched and in the end, thad cochran made a comeback with the help of an unlikely source. our report tonight from our capitol hill correspondent, kelly o'donnell in jackson, mississippi. >> reporter: fears about a tea party attitude towards african-americans drove democrats run off. are they being used politically? >> politics is about self-interest. all of us get used to some disagree. >> today kim cosby said she was happy to be courted by
. >>> you don't see this every day, speaker of the house, john boehner, plans to sue the white house accusing the president of going around the law by using executive orders. boehner said the house will vote next month to authorize something called the bipartisan legal advisory group, majority-controlled by republicans to file the suit. he didn't specify which executive orders the lawsuit will focus on directly. >>> and reverberating from the beltway and far beyond, the the...
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and speaker john boehner acknowledged it is designed simply to buy time. >> clearly you could end up back in the same place and we don't want to be there. >> while the deal will not reopen the government, the white house signalled potential support for the debt ceiling proposal. >> the president is happy that cooler heads at least seem to be prevailing. in the house. there at least seems to be a recognition that default is not an option. >> reporter: but harry reid was a bit more skeptical. >> the house has a unique form of legislating. it's hour by hour. >> reporter: which brings us back to the government shutdown. something that has rattled the public. in our new nbc news poll, 65% believe it's doing harm to the economy. and one in three said it has impacted their own lives. primarily, republicans are the losers by a 53-31 margin. 70% believe republicans are putting their political agenda ahead of what's good for the country. just 51% say that of president obama. 53% of a negative view of the party in this survey. the worst rating for republicans in this poll's nearly 25-year histo
and speaker john boehner acknowledged it is designed simply to buy time. >> clearly you could end up back in the same place and we don't want to be there. >> while the deal will not reopen the government, the white house signalled potential support for the debt ceiling proposal. >> the president is happy that cooler heads at least seem to be prevailing. in the house. there at least seems to be a recognition that default is not an option. >> reporter: but harry reid was a...
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. >> reporter: as a gentle snow fell on the capitol, house speaker john boehner was in no mood for any threat to the $1 trillion government funding deal. >> and i do expect it to pass. but, listen, if we don't get finished today, we're going to be here until christmas. >> reporter: but a democratic revolt was on. >> this is a ransom. this is blackmail. you won't get a bill unless wall street gets its taxpayer coverage. >> reporter: the outrages over proposed changes to financial reforms that would permit big banks to take high risk investments, using bank deposits insured by taxpayers. a last-minute addition that surprised many democrats. who are angry not only at republicans but their own president too. >> and i'm enormously disappointed that the white house feels that the only way they can get a bill is to go along with this. >> reporter: but privately president obama was already calling law-makers and dispatched his chief of staff to capitol hill to lobby for the 1600-page bill. pelosi fired off an e-mail to colleagues, claiming they had the leverage to fight to make late changes to
. >> reporter: as a gentle snow fell on the capitol, house speaker john boehner was in no mood for any threat to the $1 trillion government funding deal. >> and i do expect it to pass. but, listen, if we don't get finished today, we're going to be here until christmas. >> reporter: but a democratic revolt was on. >> this is a ransom. this is blackmail. you won't get a bill unless wall street gets its taxpayer coverage. >> reporter: the outrages over proposed...
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. >> reporter: a spokesman for john boehner said the speaker won't react until he sees the proposal. and the troubled department of veterans affairs. tomorrow the president will nominate the ceo of procter & gamble to be the next va secretary. a veteran and west point graduate, he replaces eric shinseki. >> kristen welker this evening from the white house, thanks. >>> we turn to the conflict in iraq where government forces continue their offensive today with help from the u.s. to take back at least one city, from sunni insurgents that control a big part of the country right now. number's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is following it all for us from baghdad. hello, richard. >> reporter: good evening, lester. the u.s. is now providing more military advice, and more weapons, but the iraqi government has a major challenge on its hands. there are at least 10,000 fighters from the militant group isis. once again, today, the group proves it has global ambitions. iraqi forces have secured the highways between samarra and baghdad. and roads leading to tikrit. it's the yike iraqi m
. >> reporter: a spokesman for john boehner said the speaker won't react until he sees the proposal. and the troubled department of veterans affairs. tomorrow the president will nominate the ceo of procter & gamble to be the next va secretary. a veteran and west point graduate, he replaces eric shinseki. >> kristen welker this evening from the white house, thanks. >>> we turn to the conflict in iraq where government forces continue their offensive today with help from...
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john boehner was easily re-elected house speaker yesterday despite 24 defections in his own party. and now the speaker has yanked two of those republicans off the house rules committee, at least for now, as the committee chairman put it, sometimes there can be consequences. >>> "time" is in the news tonight beginning with the time capsule from 1795 they opened in boston last night. the expression on the curators face says it all, signed on a silver plaque were the names samuel adams and paul revere and what may even be their long-lost fingerprints. the box also contained five folded newspapers from the day and two dozen coins, one dating back to 1652. and if the year 2015 seems to drag on forever, there's a good reason for it. the people who keep the exact time for all of us at the international earth rotation and reference system service are adding a leap second to the clock at midnight on the last day of june. it's our first leap second in three years and it's meant to make up for a slight dip in the earth's rotational speed. >>> when we come back, serenity at sea. an up close lo
john boehner was easily re-elected house speaker yesterday despite 24 defections in his own party. and now the speaker has yanked two of those republicans off the house rules committee, at least for now, as the committee chairman put it, sometimes there can be consequences. >>> "time" is in the news tonight beginning with the time capsule from 1795 they opened in boston last night. the expression on the curators face says it all, signed on a silver plaque were the names...